Yoav Loeff

This study set out to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the five-year plan: to examine the benefits of the plan to the Negev Bedouin population by drawing on an extensive range of perspectives and relying on appropriate research methods. In particular, the study aim was to shed light on how the plan was developed and tailored; to identify international best practices in reducing inequalities and strengthening community resilience, primarily regarding disempowered minorities; to examine the extent to which the plan achieved its core goals; to aid decision makers in improving future plans; and to provide the public with a reliable portrayal of the plan's development and implementation.

The goal of this study was to map the quantitative data related to the Bedouin population in the Negev, characterize the limitations of the available databases, and suggest ways for improving them. This, with the purpose of developing a reliable knowledge base for planning and ongoing monitoring of the status of the Bedouin population in the Negev.

This literature review is part of a comprehensive research plan designed to inform and evaluate the Five-Year Plan and lay the groundwork for a follow-up plan. The review covers global models for municipality empowerment as well as insights in this area provided by the research literature, assuming such information can help formulate ideas and modes of action for the continued empowerment of the Bedouin municipalities.

The objectives of this study are to analyze the conceptual basis of the Empowerment Program; describe its implementation; examine barriers that can prevent its optimal realization; assess its effects; and ultimately help draw conclusions from it, offer ways to improve it in future implementation stages, and form a basis for informed follow-up programs and initiatives.

This report deals with the mapping of the five-year plan for the Bedouin population in the Negev for 2017-2021 (pursuant to Government Resolution 2397) (hereinafter: the five-year plan) and specifically with identification of its key components and their interrelations. The five-year plan discussed in this report is the second consecutive government plan that allocates resources to the Bedouin population, which is ranked in the lowest socio-economic cluster in Israel. The five-year plan is intended to reduce the gaps between the Bedouin population in the Negev and the general population in Israel and to promote the integration of the Negev Bedouin population in Israeli society and economy through the allocation of an incremental budget and the designation of funds from other sources as well as by the development of work plans in various areas.

The goal of the study was to to learn how Israel’s social service system may use research findings effectively and optimally

The goal of this study was to examine the involvement of primary care physicians – family physicians or pediatricians – in the area of MH and their interface with MH treatment professionals. Citing suggestion: Ashkenazi, Y. Loeff, Y. Maoz Breuer, R., & Tabenkin, H. (2018). The Involvement of Primary Care Physicians in Mental Health Care […]

The purpose of the study is to learn about the implementation of the program in its early years, obstacles to its operation, and its contribution to the target population.

Families with children with disabilities frequently have to cope with difficulties that affect the whole family, including the parents, siblings and others, and affect the family’s ability to care for the child. To help these families, JDC-Israel-Ashalim, in partnership with the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (MOLSA), initiated an experimental program of family centers […]

The current survey addressed the parents' satisfaction with various aspects of the care provided by the centers. It also examined their experience of the support they receive from the centers in caring for their children and in managing their family life.

People with an intellectual developmental disability (IDD) are entitled by law to services provided by the Division for the Care of People with an Intellectual Developmental Disability (the Division) at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Services )MSAS(. These services include residential programs, employment, daycare centers and social clubs. The Division is aware that […]

In recent decades, there has been increasing recognition of the importance of employment in the rehabilitation of people with disabilities, including high functioning individuals on the autism spectrum. The Service for the Care of People with Autism and PDD at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Services (MOSAS) is implementing a pilot program designed to […]

Conducted due to concern that children with special needs whose parents immigrated to Israel were not getting the services they need to the same extent and with the same efficiency as similar children of non-immigrant Israelis, this study focuses on children with special needs, from birth to age 6 – a critical stage for identifying special needs and starting treatment.